[Python-modules-team] Bug#464784: python-numpy please transition to gfortran/libblas-dev/lapack-dev

[David Cournapeau]

Ondrej Certik wrote:
>
> Thanks David for the explanation.
>
> So I am not going to do anything for this bug. However, if anyone
> knows what to do, please
> let us know. Feel free to discuss it on the debian-python mailinglist
> and then fix the package in our svn.

Well, actually, contrary to what I've said earlier, there is cblas 
available in the new blas package (in hardy, which is why I have not 
seen it; I don't use debian anymore for non server machines). So one 
solution could be to build numpy against blas/lapack/cblas packages, 
making sure the CBLAS is found, and then, people could install atlas to 
change the runtime libraries.

Now, I am not sure whether numpy can currently build against the 
standard CBLAS. I know it can build against ATLAS (and Intel MKL) CBLAS, 
but I don't know for others,

cheers,

David